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John Pinney has spent over 40 years in the fields of disease prevention, substance abuse, health policy, and pharmaceutical consulting. His experience includes a wide range of executive positions in government, nonprofit, and academic organizations, together with over 30 years of consulting with private companies on health issues related to their employees, products and services.

At Pinney Associates, Mr. Pinney oversees the company’s strategic direction and serves as a member of multiple client teams. His experience and insights help integrate science, policy, and management principles to provide coherent solutions for clients’ regulatory, scientific and operational issues. John has consulted on numerous major OTC switch, drug development, and issues management projects in support of consumer and prescription companies. His background in public health policy adds an important perspective to his approach to problem solving.

Mr. Pinney began his career in 1971 in the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1973, he joined the National Council on Alcoholism and served as managing director of the Council’s Washington office. He returned to government in 1978 as Special Assistant to the Secretary of HEW and Director of the Office on Smoking and Health. In 1983, he co-founded and served as executive director of Harvard University’s Institute for the Study of Smoking Behavior and Policy. Mr. Pinney’s consulting career initially focused on advising companies on employee disease prevention and health promotion programs. In 1994, he founded Pinney Associates to focus on consulting to the pharmaceutical industry, bringing a wealth of experience to the development and implementation of solutions to complex problems.